It's a Celebration Bi*ches

Took me awhile to get this up. My apologies, ENJOY!

Friday, June 27 - The Warm Up
Had some time to myself. Needed to pick up some money. Always Good :-) Needed to pick up the bike. Saw the lady, Always Good even when in "The Argument Zone." I'm outta here, holla! Needed food...oh snap it's happy hour time. PS 7's here I come! Wine, Beer, and Food...shaping up to be a good day. Everything feels good when you're warm inside, Hello! Making some calls to set tings up for the SoundClash event tonight. It is DC Caribbean Festival Weekend, no? Come meet me at Busboys, want you to meet this shawty I'm with. I'm there! They've got WiFi and more space so I should be able to get on computer. Biking, now I'm here, Mojito PLEASE. Sips all around, Wud up B! Sips all around, more food...Wud up Kriz! Sips all around, wud up Baby S! Sips all around...ummm hmmmm...feeling good feeling great how are you. How much is this bill?!?! Phuk! All good, we got it...this time. Time to SoundClash. Cool spot, good crowd, where's the diversity though? Are we really in Mount Pleasant? Awesome Riddims! Sips all around...time to bounce. Phuk it, let's go to Bukom. Wud up T!Wud up H! Sips all around. Aight, time to take this in. Ebony, you'll be at my house at what time?!?! Dizzamm that's a few hours away. Oh well, life of a RockStar :-)

Saturday, June 28 - Mo Fiyah! Mo Fiyah! Mo Fiyah!
A few DC Caribean Festival 08 pics...Get Some!!!
Ebony & Ivory in the spiz-zot!!!












Mayor Fenty in the spiz-zot!!!

















OVERSTAND





































Everybody's in the spiz-zot!!!















Sunday, June 29 - Cheers All Around
After going to another good brunch on U St (Shout out to Creme!), I went to work. This happened to be the night of the RAMMYS, which is an event in DC that honors the best of the DMV's restaurants and their staffs. One of the "Afterpartys" was going to be at Cork. Guess I'm not leaving early this night. Well...not only did I not leave early (it was "call the Fire Marshal's packed"), I had a GREAT TIME! It truly was a who's who in the DC restaurant scene (past, present, and the next in line's), and everyone (besides one lady and she knows who she is! Don't test me!) was Muy Tranquilo. In a nutshell it reaffirmed that this is MY INDUSTRY and I was proud to be a part of the good times. CHEERS!

Microsoft, Microsoft, Microsoft....

I bet you can't do it like me...BOW IN THE PRESENCE OF GREATNESS!


There in good hands though right? This makes me laugh...I'm a quirky geek at heart :-)

GOOD MORNING!!!

I'm buying these CD's ASAP...and Lil Wayne's!
Support. Stop HATING.
- JERI

vAMPIRE wEEKEND - oXFORD cOMMA


tHE tING tINGS - gREAT dJ

How can you not Love this fool? HaHaHa!

Try, try, and try again Kobe!

Now I understand how GW Bush Rolls!

From The Daily Show w/ Jon Stewart

This is how I Roll!

The Kid's Bike

Introduced just after the First World War by several manufacturers, such as Mead, Sears Roebuck, and Montgomery Ward, to revitalize the bike industry (Schwinn made its big splash slightly later), these designs, now called "classic", featured automobile and motorcyle elements to appeal to kids who, presumably, would rather have a motor. If ever a bike needed a motor, this was it. These bikes evolved into the most glamorous, fabulous, ostentatious, heavy designs ever. It is unbelievable today that 14-year-old kids could do the tricks that we did on these 65 pound machines! They were built into the middle '50s, by which time they had taken on design elements of jet aircraft and even rockets. By the '60s, they were becoming leaner and simpler.

GET SOME!

JERI

Beer drinkers vs. Wine drinkers?

It's interesting to me, how the majority of American society looks to wine as a "high brow, civilized, and cultured drink" but looks to beer as the complete opposite. When you research the history of the two drinks, they came about around the same time and actually, BEER MAY HAVE COME FIRST. The civilizations that created both are widely acknowledged as "progressive cultural societies." So why do wine drinkers think they are all that? Smaller glass means better? Hmmm...I See the expressions, reactions, and descriptions that people give about wine but watch these same people give cold stares to people who have the same passion about beer. Seems pretty silly. Yes, I am aware of and do understand marketing, but I would argue that for as much crappy and unhealthy beer out there (think malt liquor) there are just as many crappy and silly wines out there (think wine coolers and white zinfandel; yes I said it!). Seems like alcohol is becoming another way to separate people,and create environments of faux "status" rather than being a conduit for group socializing and multi faceted communication. That's wack. Did we, once again, get this lesson wrong?

After this Sunday, I'm going to attempt a week of not going out anywhere for drinks/clubbing/partying, etc. I need to cleanse myself of the "party" noise. See you in the streets over the next couple days or see you in a week and some days.

Peace.
- Me

Get Your Mind Right

Holy Shit. The Real McCain

Holy Shit.

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Fellas Night Key Take Away :-P

This is not a inside look to what the fellas do when they get together. This is just a take away from me, after this particular fellas night that just occurred. Ladies if you were looking to gain extra insight on men, my apologies, it's still just me, John E. Rock Its.

THE TIME IS NOW
I have a piece on this topic brewing inside of me...trust me, it's coming. From tonight after the cocktails, riddims, interactions, and individual parties, I still have the same thought. I feel good because it reaffirms that substances don't have a control over me, where I can't think and act clearly. Especially think. The mind can be without the body, but not the body without the mind. That would be death. I'M ALIVE!!!
My people, the time is now. Not because of politics, economies, religion, unemployment, etc. But because of those factors and WAY MORE. I'm working towards being about it, and not talking about it. And as an extra challenge to my insightful and well off, progressive, and educated peeps. As you're being about it, occasionally take a TIME OUT. As you would quantify, rationalize, or justify your actions professionally. Please take a deeper look at yourself and critique it harder than any Ivy League professor would. Harder than your parents and community, who through the thick and thin, will accept you and excuse you. If not now, when. Accountability is the process I am buying into. Act accordingly, I'm working on it. Much Love.

Peace.
John E. Rock Its

Dream Killers...NOT

Now I can let these dream killers kill my self esteem-or use my arrogance as steam to power my dreams!!! - Kanye West

2 Days ago, I met some dream killers. They were intent on talking to me, I was not afraid, so we did it. At the end of the dialogue, they stepped away; they realized I wasn't going to stop. I HAVE A DREAM...and I will unpeel it PUBLICLY slowly(maybe) but SURELY. IT WILL BECOME REALITY. If you are reading this, understand that I may approach you to accomplish it. Don't be scared, I'm just being for real. OK!

PEACE,
JERI

Today was a Good Day

I had a dream...that I wanted to make reality...the need to express myself anytime & anyplace...so now I'm blogging...Round 1
Monday, June 9, 2008 - Woke up. Saw the lady off to work; back to sleep. Got up, checked emails, caught up on the news (always local and international), online chatted, web browsed, created my blogger account (YES! One thing on to-do list completed). Surprise lunch time visit from the lady. I'm smiling, today is a good day. She leaves, house back to quiet. Feeling antsy, want to step up productivity, but how? Time to smoke - individual party, awesome. Wait, put on some musical vibes. New Amerykah CD, I'm getting amped. Time to exercise. Scorching outside, hop on the Chrome Cruiser. Cruising, this feels surreal. Trees, people, and cars come into vision...blurred, clear, then zoom, gone like sunset. It's 101 degrees. It feels like 101 degrees! Stopping becoming delayed. Bring this baby home. Back at the house, roommate home. Polar. We catch up on characters we've dealt with in the past year we've known each other. Laughing our ass off. People are silly. New roommate enters, peace. Polar enters. Great idea! Everyone's hungry right?! Let's go to the wharf! Streaking through the city on Polarmobile. I'm in the rear, I know better...new roommate learns quickly. Wharf Meal - 2lbs crab legs, french fries, 1 crab ball. True culinary delight, such a hot day. Beer would be icing on the cake. Back to the pad. Lady's home, R St. Honies en route for family meal. Full house, individual parties all around. New job, Kitchen Manager. Expediting and adding finishing touches to dishes. Aromas everywhere, great stimulation. Music, convos, individual parties, acoustic guitar, sangria, sparkling red wine, Johnny Cash. It's late, people go home and to sleep. Adult time. Floating on Cloud 9. Today was a good day.